Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Abtin Jalali and Chris Harding have joined the firm’s San Francisco office. Formerly partners with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, they will continue their private equity practices at Gibson Dunn.
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Baker Botts L.L.P. announced today that William Gorrod has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the State and Local Tax (SALT) practice.
King & Spalding today announced that Stephen O’Neal has joined the firm’s construction disputes and international arbitration practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. O’Neal’s practice focuses on litigating and arbitrating complex construction disputes around the world, in diverse industry sectors, including energy and infrastructure. O’Neal, who joins from Jones Day, has represented clients in the United States and international arbitration proceedings, and in courts around the world.
Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Jill Battilega Rowe has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice in the San Francisco office. Ms. Rowe is an experienced business trial lawyer who focuses on commercial real estate and contract and fraud disputes. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Rowe practiced in the San Francisco Office of Cooper, White & Cooper LLP.
Mintz has strengthened its Capital Markets Practice with the addition of Member Andrew Thorpe to the firm’s Corporate Group. Mr. Thorpe started his legal career at the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and has become a seasoned capital markets lawyer in private practice over the last two decades. Prior to joining Mintz, Mr. Thorpe practiced with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in the Bay Area.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Brendan Dolan and Lucky Meinz have joined the firm’s San Francisco office as partners in the Labor and Employment practice group. Dolan and Meinz were most recently shareholders at Vedder Price, where Dolan was Chair of the West Coast Labor and Employment practice area. They are the fourth and fifth partners to join Sheppard Mullin so far in 2020.
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Foley & Lardner announced today that Kate Sullivan Morgan has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a special counsel in its Business Law Department and Insurance Practice Group. Drawing on nearly a decade of experience both in-house and at top tier international law firms, Morgan specializes in complex multi-state insurance and health care regulatory issues. Morgan comes to Foley from Dentons, where she was a member of the Insurance Practice Group. Before that, she was assistant general counsel at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
Cooley has expanded its litigation department with the addition of experienced trial and appellate lawyer Kathleen Hartnett, who joins as a partner in San Francisco. Hartnett arrives from Boies Schiller Flexner, where she was co-administrative partner of the firm’s San Francisco office. Previously, she served as deputy assistant attorney general in the US Department of Justice’s Civil Division, overseeing the Federal Programs Branch, which represents the federal government in high-profile civil litigation.
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